Getting the size of type.....

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From: Dave Bird
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 00:00

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Is it possible to get the typesetting height, and the average character
width, of the font currently in use [like this old :-( microsoft code]?

protected Dimension getCharDimension(Container parent){     //to get
    FontMetrics m = parent.getFontMetrics(parent.getFont());//char size
    String s  =  "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    int  width  = m.stringWidth(s) / s.length();  if(width<=0)width = 1;  
    int  height = m.getHeight();     return new Dimension(width,height);
} 


There appears to be no nonabstract FontMetrics, and no getFontMetrics(), 
in the current Swing java.  I am confused.................
                                                  

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